Garcia-Palacios A, Hoffman H, Carlin A, Furness T A, Botella C
Departamento Psicologia Basica Clinica y Psicobiologia, Universidad Jaume I, Castellon, Spain.
Behav Res Ther. 2002 Sep;40(9):983-93. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7967(01)00068-7.
This study explored whether virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy was effective in the treatment of spider phobia. We compared a treatment condition vs. a waiting list condition in a between group design with 23 participants. Participants in the VR treatment group received an average of four one-hour exposure therapy sessions. VR exposure was effective in treating spider phobia compared to a control condition as measured with a Fear of Spiders questionnaire, a Behavioural Avoidance Test (BAT), and severity ratings made by the clinician and an independent assessor. Eighty-three percent of patients in the VR treatment group showed clinically significant improvement compared with 0% in the waiting list group, and no patients dropped out. This study shows that VR exposure can be effective in the treatment of phobias.
本研究探讨了虚拟现实（VR）暴露疗法在治疗蜘蛛恐惧症方面是否有效。我们在一项组间设计中，将23名参与者分为治疗组和等待列表组进行比较。VR治疗组的参与者平均接受了四次为时一小时的暴露疗法治疗。与对照组相比，通过蜘蛛恐惧问卷、行为回避测试（BAT）以及临床医生和独立评估者给出的严重程度评级来衡量，VR暴露疗法在治疗蜘蛛恐惧症方面是有效的。VR治疗组中83%的患者显示出临床上的显著改善，而等待列表组中这一比例为0%，且没有患者退出。这项研究表明，VR暴露疗法在治疗恐惧症方面可能是有效的。
